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November 2, 2009 Category: blog management, Brooklyn, California, East Bay, Greater LA Area, Manhattan, New York, New York City, North Bay, San Francisco, South Bay, the scoop, United States Tags: 33 Revolutions Cafe, Awaken Cafe, Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, coffee, Coffee Bar, Coffee Ratings, Counter Culture Coffee, Dynamo Donuts, East Bay coffee, Ecco Caffe, Epicenter Cafe, espresso, farm:table, Flying Goat Coffee, Four Barrel Coffee, Haus Cafe, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Intelligentsia Silverlake, Intelligentsia Venice, Local 123, Los Angeles coffee, Man Seeking Coffee, Modern Coffee, Mojo Bicycle Cafe, Moksha Coffee Roasters, Mr. Espresso, New York City coffee, Pacific Bay Coffee Company, Remedy Coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, San Francisco coffee, Scarlett City Coffee Roasters, Sightglass Coffee, Specialty's Cafe and Bakery, Stable Coffee, Stumptown Ace Hotel New York, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Subrosa Coffee, Taylor Maid Farms, The Shot, Verve Coffee Roasters
Trick or…Coffee?
Halloween activities most typically involve costumes, collecting candy or cavorting in the Castro (or the location du jour), but I, unintentionally, managed to associate Halloween with the anniversary of this blog. That’s right. I started writing Man Seeking Coffee two years ago on October 31, 2007. So I’ll start this post by [...]
June 23, 2009 Category: California, East Bay, North Bay, Rating 3, the scoop, United States Tags: Blackbird Cafe, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Grand Lake Farmers Market, Lightspeed Organic Espresso Blend, Marin Farmers Market, rating coffee, Scarlett City Coffee Roasters
Name: Blackbird Cafe Location: Grand Lake Farmer’s Market, Oakland, CA Marin Farmers Market, Marin Civic Center Rating: 3+
I got word a few weeks ago from Jen over at Scarlett City Coffee Roasting that Blackbird Cafe would be opening up a kiosk at the Grand Lake Farmer’s Market. This was great news. I’ve long [...]
March 17, 2009 Category: California, coffee@home, North Bay, Rating 3, Rating 4, San Francisco, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, cup of excellence, espresso, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala San Jose El Yalu, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters Bean: San José El Yalú Guatemala Cafe: Ritual Coffee Roasters Rating: straddling the border between a 3 and a 4
I picked up a bag of this year’s El Yalú at the Berkeley Whole Foods being careful to check the roast date. I’ve noticed that the coffee sent to Whole Foods is not only [...]
December 4, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, North Bay, Rating 3, Rating 4, Sacramento, United States Tags: Chocolate Fish Coffee, coffee, coffee review, Decaf coffee, Ecco Caffe, Ecco Caffe Reserve Espresso, espresso, Northern Italian Reserve Espresso, rating coffee, Sumatra coffee, Sumatra Gayo Mountain Decaf
Beans: Northern Italian Reserve Espresso, Organic SWP Decaffeinated Sumatra Gayo Mountain Roaster: Ecco Caffe Rating: 4-, 3+
During my recent visit to Chocolate Fish Coffee, I picked up two bags of Ecco Caffe coffee – the two blends I tried while visiting. I always enjoy calibrating my home espresso against a well-prepared rendition by [...]
November 14, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, North Bay, Rating 3, San Francisco, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, cup of excellence, El Salvador coffee, El Salvador Finca Matalapa, espresso, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, siphon brewer, USBC 2008
Beans: CoE Matalapa, La Libertad, El Salvador Roaster: Ritual Coffee Roasters Rating: 3
There were three reasons why I had high hopes for this coffee.
First, this coffee placed 10th in the 2008 El Salvador Cup of Excellence competition with a score of 88. Nothing mind-bogglingly amazing, but no slouch of a coffee either. [...]
October 14, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, North Bay, Rating 4, San Francisco, United States Tags: Chris Baca, coffee, coffee review, Colombia coffee, Colombia Finca El Guayabo, espresso, french press, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Slow Food Nation 2008 (The picture was sadly corrupted)
Beans: Finca El Guayabo Huila, Colombia Roaster: Ritual Roasters Rating: 4 (for espresso, a little less when brewed)
My first encounter with this coffee was at the 2008 Slow Food Nation coffee tasting pavilion where it was prepared for me as a single origin espresso on a LaMarzocco GB/5 [...]
September 17, 2008 Category: California, coffee@home, North Bay, Rating 3, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, De La Paz Coffee, Decaf coffee, Flying Goat Coffee, Mexico coffee, Mexico Decaf, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Woodberry Kitchen
Beans: Mexican Decaf Roaster: Flying Goat Coffee Rating: 3
I picked up this decaf while at Flying Goat a few weeks back. They had two in stock – a Sumatran and the Mexican. Given my recent success with a delicious decaf Mexican at Woodberry Kitchen, I figured I’d give the Mexican a try.
This [...]
August 27, 2008 Category: cafe, California, North Bay, Rating 4, roaster, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, espresso, Espresso Ticino, Espresso Vesuvio, Flying Goat Coffee, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala San Jose Ocana, Healdsburg coffee, rating coffee, Santa Rosa Coffee, Sebastopol Apple Festival, Village Grounds, WRBC 2008
Name: Flying Goat Coffee Location: 10 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA Rating: 4
As my wife, daughter and I sat munching apple fritters at the Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Fair, I realized that what I wanted to go with it was a really good cup of coffee. I suggested a trip to Flying Goat, which involved [...]
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